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The Illuminatus! Trilogy Plot Summary and Synopsis
A satirical, postmodern, sci-fi adventure story adapted from the books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. The Illuminatus! Trilogy is heavily saturated with counterculture, conspiracy theories, secret societies, hallucinogenic imagery, and cognitive dissonance, while the film itself was crafted using principles of Discordianism, artistic appropriation, and numerous self-referential concepts. Fnord.
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